The USPSA Pistol Caliber Carbine Nationals
It is the fastest growing division in action shooting. PCC is scored on speed and accuracy on the handgun targets used in practical shooting, but employing AR derivatives chambered for pistol cartridges, most often 9mm. Plus, searching and finding Civil War History buried in the ground in Tennessee and in the rivers that flowed through the battlefields dividing blue and gray. Then the first upgrade for 007 that is still a top choice for personal protection. The Walther PPK is one of History’s Guns. And a Pro Tip from the Army Marksmanship Unit on shooting the most challenging stage of the Bianchi Cup, The Mover.
USPSA Pistol Caliber Carbine Nationals
 Love it or hate it the Pistol Caliber Carbine is here to stay, but at the National Championship level, the days of these rifles taking advantage of stages designed for pistols are over. This year the USPSA’s PCC Nationals is a stand-alone event. That means the courses of fire have been specifically designed to test the shooter and the equipment.
The bays at the universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof Florida will be the proving ground for nearly 250 fans of the PCC.
 It’s an opportunity to stake their claim on the title of National Champion. The news this year, the twelve courses of fire are specifically designed for rifles running pistol caliber.
USPSA President, Mike Foley Explains the Challenges: “When your testing only PCC’s you get to do some things that you might not get to do otherwise. And it’s not necessarily the tests themselves but how they’re paired together. All throttle; all break; all distance, the 58 yard swinger in this event is pretty sporty.”
 It’s more and more popular and fast, with competitors starting from the low ready position on every stage of fire.
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History’s Gun: Walther PPK
 Bond. James Bond. You know the name. And you know that the most famous secret agent of all time has a license to kill. But what good is the license without the tool of the trade? Well, the Walther PPK became the concealed carry choice of Agent 007, and is still a favorite choice for civilians. The PPK is now one of History’s guns
History In The Ground
 There are two ways to research the battles and the relics of the Civil War. The most obvious is reference books. But in Tennessee, that had battles rage across most of the state, the research tool for collectors, is a metal detector like the Minelab Vanquish 540. And the hobbyists who use them, do indeed find History in the Ground.
 Nearly 80-thousand soldiers fought in the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, just after Christmas of 1862. Both Union and Confederate troops carried the Pattern of 1853 Enfield rifle musket, a .577 caliber caplock muzzleloader imported from England. The Confederates also used several types of short-barreled Enfields. Just 800 were marked G for Georgia although some of those went to other states. Nobody knows how many Georgia Fusils were on the Stones River battlefield, but we know one was. Lost by a Confederate soldier during the battle. lost underwater at the bottom of the river for nearly 160 years and found with a metal detector in the fall of 2019.
Stones River National Battlefield
Minelab Vanquish
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Pro Tip – USAMU Bianchi Mover Leads
 The Bianchi Cup is always decided on the Mover Stage, with targets moving at 10 feet per second. Sergeant First Class Adam Sokolowski has won the Cup. He’s working with Sergeant Anthony Heinauer from the Army Marksmanship Pistol team to show us how to get the right lead on the world-famous Bianchi Mover.
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